Der Cornet
The romantic love and heroic death of a young cornet who rode into battle against the Turks in the mid-17th century. Based on Rainer Maria Rilke’s "The Ballad of the Love and Death of Cornet Christoph Rilke".
The romantic love and heroic death of a young cornet who rode into battle against the Turks in the mid-17th century. Based on Rainer Maria Rilke’s "The Ballad of the Love and Death of Cornet Christoph Rilke".
Wolfgang Preiss
Freiherr von Pirovano
Peter van Eyck
Mönchschreiber
Benno Sterzenbach
Rittmeister Reningen
Fritz Rasp
Großwesir
Eduard Köck
Falkenier
Anita Björk
Gräfin von Zathmar
The romantic love and heroic death of a young cornet who rode into battle against the Turks in the mid-17th century. Based on Rainer Maria Rilke’s "The Ballad of the Love and Death of Cornet Christoph Rilke".
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